The RSA Blog Student Summer Series is officially open — running through now until 20th June.
Each year, the Summer Series brings some of the most original and grounded regional scholarship to the RSA Blog. From Koli fishing communities navigating urban encroachment in Maharashtra, to peripheral regions rewriting innovation theory, to island communities living through COVID, the range of what scholars have written, and written brilliantly, speaks for itself.
Contributions are welcome on any topic, as long as they are well-grounded and rooted in original research. Pieces engaging with questions of contemporary regional relevance are especially encouraged — including but not limited to regional disruption, the spatial dimensions of AI, sustainability and ecological pressures, or subjects that remain underexplored in mainstream scholarship but deserve wider attention.
Who can contribute?
The series is open exclusively to undergraduate students, postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career fellows.
Co-authorship is welcome — between students, or between a student/early-career researcher and a student and professor — as long as the lead and corresponding author is a student or early-career researcher.
What can be submitted?
Submissions can take any of the following forms: narrative blogs, research summaries, policy commentaries, reflective blogs, translational pieces, or visual/data-driven blogs. All submissions should be around 800 words. The blog types guide and review rubric are attached here:
- Types of Blogs Published
- Rubrics Guide
What does the best blog win?
The best blog of the series will be featured across RSA’s social media platforms and awarded a certificate of recognition.
Not sure where to start? Past awardees are a great place to look:
🐟 Tide and Territory: Vernacular Regionality in Maharashtra’s Koli Fishing Communities
📊 The Regional Dimension of Inequality in Latin America and Mexico
🌍 How Remote Communities Turned the Challenges of Peripherality to Their Advantage During COVID-19
💡 Old-Fashioned Innovation Theories and the Affordances of Peripheries
📧 Reach out with interest or questions at rsablog@regionalstudies.org — and spread the word!
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